I create paintings and drawings that explore Australian identity. The work focuses on the sense of 'otherness' felt by many people in response to the flora, fauna and indigenous people of this land. Within the unstable relationship between the self and 'other' a meld of the beautiful and bizarre, the uncanny and exotic is perceived. By quoting and transforming historical imagery I engage with the foundations, evolution and experience of these perceptions that strongly influence our sense of who we are.

 Nouvelle Femme, (detail), 2010